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  • 1. 
    Who wrote the book ‘The Forests of India’ in the year 1923?

  • David Spurr
  • E.P. Stebbing
  • Verrier Elvin
  • John Middleton

  • 2. 
    Indian Forest Service was set up in the year:

  • 1865
  • 1864
  • 1854
  • 1884

  • 3. 
    The system of scientific forestry stands for:

  • System whereby the local farmers were allowed to cultivate temporarily within a plantation
  • System of cutting old trees and plant new ones
  • Division of forest into three categories
  • Disappearance of forests

  • 4. 
    In South-East Asia shifting agriculture is known as:

  • Chitemene
  • Tavy
  • Lading
  • Milpa

  • 5. 
    Forests consisting of which type of trees were preferred by the Forest Department?

  • Forests having trees which provided fuel, fodder and leaves
  • Forests having soft wood
  • Forests having trees suitable for building ships and railways

  • 6. 
    Which of the following is a community of skilled forest cutters?

  • Maasais of Africa
  • Mundas of Chotanagpur
  • Gonds of Orissa
  • Kalangs of Java

  • 7. 
    Wooden planks lay across railway tracks to hold these tracks in a position are called:

  • Beams
  • Sleepers
  • Rail fasteners
  • none of these

  • 8. 
    Which of the following is a commercial crop?

  • Rice
  • Wheat
  • Cotton
  • Maize
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